Friends of University Libraries

While the most valuable benefit of joining Friends of University Libraries is supporting USC students' research, learning and discovery within our Libraries and special collections, your membership comes with additional benefits.

Core benefits include:

Open house tours of libraries and special collections departments
Limited borrowing privileges from Thomas Cooper Library
Invitations to University Libraries events, exhibitions and programs
15% discount on all purchases at Barefoot Campus Outfitter in Columbia, S.C.

We invite you to share and join in a new experience. Some of you may know us as an archive of world-class research collections, or as the place where you crammed for finals, or as simply that big building behind the fountain. We're all those things, and more.

If you have questions, please contact Beth Well at 803-269-9662 or wellbeth@mailbox.sc.edu.

Friends Membership Levels

Garnet - $50

Core benefits with one member access card

Garnet Plus - $65

Core benefits with two member access cards (same household)

Bronze - $250

Core benefits with two member access cards
Reserved seating at Libraries events

Silver - $1,000

Core and Bronze benefits
Invitations to pre-event receptions with event guest speakers
Private tours of special collections and vaults, upon request
Exclusive Libraries-sponsored trips and excursions (additional costs may apply)

Gold - $2,500

Core and Silver benefits with up to four member access cards and Priority seating at Libraries events
Private tours of new collections with curators
Two half-price tickets to paid Libraries events
Invitation to annual complimentary "Lunch with the Dean"
University Libraries-sponsored athletic event tickets, depending on availability
Special recognition in print and electronic communications
Discount on USC Press books sold at Libraries events

Dean's Circle - $5,000

Core and Gold benefits with up to six member access cards, and Premier seating at Libraries events
Two complimentary tickets to paid Libraries events
Invitation to annual complimentary "Dinner with the Dean"
One complimentary book of choice from a Fall Literary Festival author

Giving at South Carolina

Total: $0.00